Barcelona "conquers" the top spot

(Baonghean) - With Real's defeat against Bilbao in the match early yesterday morning, Barcelona had a great motivation to be determined to win all 3 points in the match against Rao Vallecano in the evening of the same day. And at Nou Camp, with the brilliance of the world's top striker pair Lionel Messi - Luis Suarez, Barcelona had a match that was more successful than expected.

Barcelona took to the field in this match without two important players, striker Neymar (suspended due to receiving 5 yellow cards) and midfielder Sergio Busquets (injured). However, with the remaining players such as Pique, Xavi, Iniesta, Mascherano and especially the striker pair Messi, Suarez, Barcelona still surpassed the visitors in terms of force.

Messi shined with a hat-trick to help Barca rise to the top of La Liga. Photo: Internet

However, the home team did not attack aggressively from the start as usual against a weaker opponent, but played slowly with medium passes instead of close-range exchanges. Facing such a style of play from the home team, Rayo Vallecano players had more space to express themselves, so they also boldly pushed up their formation to play an open game. And that was the opportunity for Barcelona's superstars to show their talent.

In the 7th minute, a Rayo Vallecano defender's failed tackle after Xavi's pass accidentally turned into a beautiful assist for Suarez. After a moment of controlling the ball and neatly pushing it, the Uruguayan striker unleashed a beautiful outside-of-the-foot flick into the near corner, beating goalkeeper Alvarez, opening the score of the match.

In the following minutes, the Uruguayan striker was still the most outstanding player on the field. In the 9th minute, he successfully broke the offside trap, dribbling past goalkeeper Alvarez outside the 16m50 box. But instead of finishing immediately, Suarez passed the ball too lightly, allowing a Vallecano defender to successfully clear the ball. Just 3 minutes later, Suarez ran down the left wing again, passed a Rayo Vallecano defender and fell inside the 16m50 box, but the referee did not think the away team player committed a foul.

Throughout the first half, Barcelona's best player Lionel Messi played quite poorly. He only had one shot in the 33rd minute when he ran down to receive a pass into the penalty area from Iniesta and lifted the ball over goalkeeper Alvarez's head but the ball went wide of the post. At the end of the first 45 minutes, the two teams left the field for a break with the score 0-1 temporarily in favor of Barcelona.

In the second half, Barcelona started the game faster and doubled the gap in the 49th minute. From a corner kick by Xavi, full-back Jordi Alba suddenly appeared in the penalty area and headed the ball, hitting the post and bouncing out. Center-back Gerard Pique was there in time to tap the ball into the net from close range, past goalkeeper Alvarez.

In the remaining minutes, the match was almost a one-man show for Lionel Messi. In the 55th minute, the away team's defender Tito committed a foul in the penalty area and was given a red card, while Barcelona was awarded a penalty. Lionel Messi stepped up to take the shot and his shot was not saved by goalkeeper Alvarez. However, the referee judged that a Rayo Vallecano defender had stepped into the penalty area before the Argentine striker took the shot and gave the home team a retake of the free kick. This time Messi was successful, although his shot was still intercepted by Avarez. In the 63rd minute, the score was raised to 4-0. In the 66th minute, after a pass from the left wing by Andriano, Messi dribbled past the defender and the away team's goalkeeper and finished accurately from a tight angle, raising the score to 5-0.

In the remaining minutes of the match, the attacking tempo was still maintained by the visitors, even when right-back Dani Alves committed a foul in the penalty area, was sent off and the visitors scored a goal to reduce the score after Bueno's penalty kick. In the 90th minute, Messi made a beautiful pass for Suarez to break through, dribble past Alvarez and then shoot accurately, setting the score at 6-1. With this resounding victory, Barcelona got 62 points after 26 rounds, surpassing Real Madrid (61 points) to take the top spot in the 2014-2015 Spanish Championship.

Mai Anh